"Speaking about Famous people"

Цели урока: Активизация употребления лексики при обсуждении темы “Знаменитые люди”.

Задачи урока:

1. Формировать умение употреблять изученные лексические единицы в речи учащихся.

2. Развивать навыки понимания иноязычного текста на слух, навыки монологической и диалогической речи.

3. Воспитывать у учащихся уважение к знаменитым людям всего мира и их вкладу в развитие цивилизации, гордость за достижения своих земляков.

Оборудование: Компьютер, мультимедийный проектор, презентация слайдов “Speaking about Famous people”, телевизор, видео магнитофон, карточки для выполнения теста.

Ход урока

I. Организационный момент.

- Good morning, children. Glad to meet you. How is your mood? How are you?

OK. Smile to each other. Say "Good morning "to our guests and let's begin our lesson.

П. Речевая зарядка.

(T-P1, P2, P3...)

At the beginning of our lesson let's speak about you.

- Do you like yourselves? - Yes, of course.

a) Describe yourself in 3 adjectives.

- Do you like everything in yourself? Do you like every trait of your character and your appearance?

b) If not? What would you like to change in yourselves? What would you like to improve?

-And in your opinion, can we change our world in future?

c) How do you see our planet in some years? Are you optimistic or pessimistic about our future?

- In your opinion, can we improve our life? Can people change our life on the planet?

And do you know people who did much for our life, for our planet.

Who improved our life? - (Rulers, presidents, prime ministers)

Who found cures for serious diseases? - (Doctors, scientists)

Who made progress in different fields (medicine, computer technologies, and space discoveries)? - (Scientists)

Who made our life more interesting and beautiful? - (Poets, Singers, Writers, and Dancers)

Name some of them.

III. Объявление темы и задач урока.

Презентация “Speaking about Famous people”

Слайд 1.

( Тема урока, фотографии известных людей мира)

-Yes, and the theme of our lesson is "Speaking about Famous people". Today we're going to speak about people famous all over the world. We’ll check up your homework, watch video and listen to your reports about famous people of our country.

IV. Контроль домашнего задания.

Слайд 3.

b) Read and answer the questions (P1, P2, P3 ...):

• What is he famous for?

• What did he realize?

• What did he found?

• What kind of books did he write?

V. Просмотр видео фрагмента. Работа с просмотренным видеофрагментом.

a) And now let's watch the video and learn some more information about two famous people of the world.

(Просмотр видеофрагмента).

Who is this film about?

- This film is about Marilyn Monroe and Winston Churchill.

Yes. This film is about two outstanding people of the world.

Слайд 4.

b) Look at these expressions and try to divide them in two columns: facts connected with the biography of Monroe and Churchill.

(На доске 2 портрета- М.Монро и В Черчиля. Под ними выражения из биографии Монро и Черчилля. Учащиеся должны разделить выражения в 2 колонки и составить с ними предложения о представленных персонах) (Р1,Р2,РЗ,...)

-a famous American
-in a family of English aristocrat
-a symbol of the USA cinema
-acted in films
-died alone
-died in 1962
-blond hair
-was born in a palace
-an actress
-a politician
-worked for the Government
-Prime Minister
-Norma Jean Вакеr
-was born in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire

Here you can see photos of famous people.

Let's name who they are and say what they are famous for. (PI, P2, P3 ...)

Now I’ll read you some information about two persons. Listen to me attentively and try to guess who they are.

He was born in Italy in1452. He is one of the greatest representatives of Italian art. He was a painter, a sculptor, a musician, a poet, an architector and scientist.

(Leonardo Da Vinchy)

Who is this person? What is he famous for? Where did he live?

She was born in1917 in India. She was the daughter of the greatest politician of India. She got higher education in India and GB. She became the prime- minister of India in 1966. Under her ruling India won the victory in the war between Pakistan and India in 1971. She did much to improve relations between Russia and India.

(Indira Gandi)

Who is this person? What is she famous for? Where did she get her education? Who was her father? What did she do for Russia?

VII. Игра “ Угадай кто это? ”

And now let's have a rest time -let's play a game - "Guess who this person is?"

One of you chose one of these persons and you must guess who this person is asking questions. (P1, P2, P3 ...-P)

( Водящий загадывает имя одной персоны, представленной на слайде. Учащиеся в классе должны отгадать кто это, задавая наводящие вопросы.)

• Is this person a man or a woman?

• Did he live in the 19^th or 20^th century?

• Was he (she) a politician or an actress?

• Did she (he) work for the government?

• Did he (she) live in Russia or in the USA?

T: Well done. I see you know many different persons known all over the world. And do you know any famous persons of our republic? (P1, P2, P3...)

VIII. Выполнение теста

Now I want to see how well you know famous people. I'll give you 1-2 minutes to do this test and then we’ll discuss your answers together.

(Учащиеся получают листки с таблицами для заполнения теста, представленного на слайде 7)

What do you know about famous women?

P1,P2,P3, ...

(Учащиеся читают и переводят ответы теста)

IX.Творческое задание.

Do you know these persons? Who are they? What do you know about them?

Your homework was to make a short report about one of the famous persons of our Republic, to find pictures and photos and tell us about a person you are proud of.

 X. Подведение итогов урока.

Today we’ve talked about famous people of the world and our country.

• Can people do their life better, more interesting, healthier?

• Did famous people do much to improve our life, to find cures for diseases, to make us happier?

• Can you become famous in the world?

• What must we do to become famous?

• Must you learn well? - We must learn well, do our homework regularly.

• Must you improve your knowledge in different fields? -We must be good at studying different subjects

• Do you want to be like one of these persons?

• Is it very important for you to be famous? Isn’t it more important to be just a good person, to love parents and our country?

• Thank you for the lesson. Your marks... Stand up. Say good by to each other, to our guests and you may be free. See you tomorrow.

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey. She was the second child of Army serviceman John Russell Houston, Jr. and gospel singer Cissy Houston.

• At the age of 11, Houston began to follow in her mother's footsteps and started performing as a soloist in the junior gospel choir and she also learned to play the piano. Houston spent some of her teenage years touring nightclubs where her mother Cissy was performing, and she would occasionally get on stage and perform with her.

• In the early 1980s, Houston started working as a fashion model. Houston's debut album Whitney Houston was released in February 1985. Rolling Stone magazine praised Houston, calling her "one of the most exciting new voices in years". Houston was No. 1 artist of the year and Whitney Houston was the No. 1 album of the year which made her the first female artist to earn that distinction.

The album had become an international success. Houston won seven American Music Awards in total in 1986 and 1987, and an MTV Video Music Award.

• Houston's first film role was in The Bodyguard, released in 1992 and co-starring Kevin Costner. Houston played Rachel Marron, a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard to protect her.

• The film's soundtrack also enjoyed big success. The soundtrack's lead single was "I Will Always Love You". The song also became a global success, hitting number-one in almost all countries, and one of the best-selling singles of all time with 12 million copies sold.

• She then met R&B singer Bobby Brown at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. After a three-year courtship, the two were married on July 18, 1992. On March 4, 1993, Houston gave birth to their daughter Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown, her only child, and his fourth.

• With the missed performances and weight loss, rumors about Houston using drugs with her husband circulated. On February 11, 2012, Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub.

Marylin Monroe

Marilyn Monroe ‘s real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson . She was an American actress and singer who was born in Los Angeles on 01 June 1926 and died on 5 August 1962.

It was in the field of aeronautics that she began her career as a model. The first professional photo of Norma Jeane was taken in autumn 1944 by photographer David Conover as part of a campaign by the U.S. military to illustrate women's involvement in the war effort.

This photo made ​​the cover of thirty magazines and Norma Jean began to become known. She gave up working to devote herself to her modeling career, with the agency Blue Book Model.

She changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn's name being inspired by the actress Marilyn Miller and the name of her mother. Marilyn Monroe appeared for the first time in « Brawl for a blond » and « Dangerous Years ».

At that time Norma Jeane caught the attention of 20th Century Fox & Ben Lyon, who interviewed her. So she signed her first contract (which lasted ten months) with 20th Century Fox, on July 26, 1946.

This scene is one of the most famous. Marylin is above the subway entrance in the film « 7 years of reflection ».

Marilyn also played in « Niagara », « Gentlemen Prefer Blondes », « The Prince and the Showgirl »,« Some Like It Hot », and plenty of other movies.

Marilyn won numerous prizes and received the award for Best Foreign Actress for « 7 years of reflection » and « the Prince and the Showgirl »

She also sang I Wanna Be Loved By You in the film « Some Like It Hot », certainly the most famous of her songs